Category Archives: Restraint Escape

Handcuff Escape Pick #1 I am always amazed … scratch that, I’m not… at how many ACTUAL cops don’t know that this technique exists. Your departments are all failing you by not teaching you about the limitations of your gear. (If you want to know more about why I don’t feel bad about teaching this

11 Reasons Why I Promote the Open Source Skill Sets That I Teach Some points to defend phrases like “How dare you, bad guys can use these techniques!”. So let’s just start a dialogue and do some critical thinking and view some different perspectives. It’s gonna be fun 😉 I’ve divided this into 11

How to Lace 550 Cord Ever heard of the phrase “Pushing Rope”? I can help you with that, as long as we’re talking about 550 cord and footwear of course… I’ve seen a lot of people struggle with lacing boots with 550 cord and just give up until an “old salt” friend of mine used

ITS – Kevlar Escape Laces – Review Looking for another option to step up your Urban Survival and Preparedness game? Our review and article here will cover unboxing and experimenting with ITStactical.com’s Kevlar Laces. Unboxing: I LOVE this company and I love ordering gear from them. I recommend you try them out but, as you

Restraints Lesson 3 – Friction Saw It’s shocking how many active cops have no clue how vulnerable their Flex Cuffs are to failure, OR how easy restraints are to defeat for civilians… We are using heat here. The plastic on most flex cuffs will melt and using a material that may well be on hand already

Restraints Lesson 2 – The Shim Take one object and slide it up between two locking mechanisms like a slithery little snek, you’ve got yourself a shim. Think of the old “Credit Card in the door jam” trick! This is a term that not only applies to handcuffs and flexcuffs but all of the Tactical

Whether you are restraining a bad guy (yes, or girrrrrl) OR if you find yourself illegally restrained in some type of violent encounter, you should know the limitations restraints. Enjoy lesson one of our new Restraint Series, “The Slip”. *We don’t always put every bit of info into the video, so be sure to check the

A “shim” technique is when you slide an object between two integral parts of a lock, in effect opening the lock. How could this help you pop your ass out of handcuffs? Hold my beer and watch this! This technique will NOT work when the cuffs are double locked, for LEO and Military, you’d be